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Roofing and gutter companies in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area

How the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #228 of 381 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky

Listings
249
12 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
105
+22.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.6B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,847 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,402,509
+2.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area spend about $1.6B a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,847 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 249 roofing and gutter companies, that is $6.4M per company, 25% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

There are 249 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area in 2023, up 22.9% from 2019. That is one for every 5,317 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $10.1M have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area.

Population estimates show the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area is 46 (lower middle), #228 of 381 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.

How the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area compares

The same measures for Kentucky and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the roofing and gutter companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Roofing and gutters in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLouisville/Jefferson County metro areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.33.6
Spending per listing$6.4M$8.2M$8.5M
Households per official establishment5,3177,1165,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+22.9%+29.4%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,847$2,674$3,018
Median household income$73,863$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4650

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
105+22.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,025
Annual payroll, 2023
$75.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
24912 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
188The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
14
Amount
$10.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,402,509+2.9% since 2020
Households
558,306
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
3,961 sq. mi.
People per square mile
347
Median household income
$73,863
Average household income
$99,561
Median home value
$248,700
Jobs located here
702,791
Daytime population
1,410,493Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in Kentucky ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Clarksville, TN-KY71413.3$8.2M+8.5%#39 of 381
1Elizabethtown, KY64153.0$9.2M+2.4%#82 of 381
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN553644.0$7.2M+2.7%#152 of 381
2Bowling Green, KY54273.7$7.2M+9.5%#160 of 381
3Lexington-Fayette, KY501014.7$6.2M+3.4%#199 of 381
4Owensboro, KY47194.2$6.4M+1.3%#218 of 381
5Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN462494.5$6.4M+2.9%#228 of 381
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH44453.0$8.6M−2.6%#235 of 381
6Paducah, KY-IL26235.5$4.8M−1.2%#361 of 381

Other business types in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 249 roofing and gutter companies in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area. 12 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023, up 22.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $1.6B a year, or $2,847 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 249 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 558,306 households in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Louisville/Jefferson County metro area has 4.5 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $6.4M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area would have about 188, against 249 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,317 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area at 1,402,509 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 558,306 households. Median household income in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area is $73,863, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Louisville/Jefferson County metro area scores 46 for roofing and gutter companies (lower middle), #228 of 381 scored metro areas.

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